Schools

9 key findings from the 2022 school workforce census

Record number of teachers quit, vacancies rocket and sickness soars – everything you need to know about the state...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Record rate of teacher departures as 40,000 quit sector last year

New workforce data for 2022 shows 7,800 more teachers quit the profession for reasons other than retirement

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Prestigious sixth-form drops ‘sir’ and ‘miss’ over cultural misogyny

The term 'miss' conjures up images of Edwardian shop assistants and plays into a 'gendered view' of the world,...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Teacher retention commission: 8 proposals to stem exodus

Report calls for review of teacher hours, retention targets and sabbaticals for headteachers every five years

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Stop abusing my teachers, trust CEO tells parents

Mowbray Education Trust's CEO warned she faces losing talented staff over 'personally abusive' and 'sometimes threatening' messages

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Burnout warning as school staff become ‘de facto social workers’

Most school staff work at least four extra hours a week providing support previously offered by collapsed social and...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Key findings from the DfE’s leaked workload report

Survey results kept under-wraps by government show high levels of stress and impacts on mental health

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Solutions: How an academy trust slashed its supply costs

One school has reduced its spend from £461,665 to £5,621 in four years

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

DfE offers £10k ‘relocation premium’ to attract overseas teachers

Trial later this year for languages and physics teachers aims to 'make teaching here even more attractive to the...

John Dickens
John Dickens